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Fireworks burst in the clear sky in an instant, and today's Xiangcheng Middle School was as lively as the New Year.
The principal turned around and looked at several banners behind him—
[Congratulations to our student Bai Lian for achieving the first place in the national college entrance examination in science!]
[Congratulations to our student Ning Xiao for achieving the sixth place in the national college entrance examination in science!]
[Congratulations to our students Yang Lin and Tang Ming...]
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The noise was deafening.
Smoke billowed everywhere.
The principal gazed at the first banner as if in a dream. The top national score in the science college entrance exam had been claimed. Since yesterday's score release, his office and the admissions department's phones had been ringing off the hook.
Every major university was looking for Bai Lian's information.
